Placing a Movie onto a Slide

The procedure for placing a movie onto a slide is very much the same as that for a sound. You can place a movie using the Insert Clip Art task pane or from a file. You will find that the task pane Clip Gallery provides several movies that can be used to add interest to your slides. To insert a movie onto a slide, follow these steps:

Choose the Insert menu, point atMovies and Sounds, and then select Movies from Clip Gallery.

Scroll through the movies listed on the Insert Clip Art task pane.

Point at a movie clip you want to preview. Click the menu arrow that appears and select Preview/Properties. The Preview Properties dialog box for the movie appears.

PowerPoint previews the movie on the left side of the dialog box (see Figure 10.4). If you want to place a caption onto the movie clip, click in the Caption box below the Preview pane and type a caption.

Figure 10.4. Preview a movie in the Preview/Properties dialog box.

Click Close to close the Preview/Properties dialog box. To insert the movie into your slide, click the movie in the task pane.